Linux-Hardware Digest #66, Volume #9             Wed, 30 Dec 98 21:13:37 EST

Contents:
  Re: Where can I find the SiS6326 driver? (John van der Ploeg)
  Re: Speakers and headphones (Rod Smith)
  Re: Getting soundcard work (Marc)
  Re: Will linux run on this system? (Gurensan)
  Re: RedHat 5.2 Compatible  56K Voice/Data/Fax Modem (Gurensan)
  Linux Laptop (" Douglas (DOC) Hutchins")
  Re: Addonics/Trident chip sound problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Another Zip drive question (Ivan Dobrianov)

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From: John van der Ploeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I find the SiS6326 driver?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:56:08 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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I have a Stealth Speedstar A50 (also a sis6326 chipset) and it works file using
the normal XF86_SVGA from xsvga-3.3.3-3.i386.rpm.

I've attached an exampel XF86Config for it too.

good luck

    - John
'
Jean-Christophe Beumier wrote:

> My PC motherboard has the SiS6326 videochip, but the 5.1 Redhat doesn't seem to have 
>the driver for it.
> Where can I find it, and in which directory have I to place it?
> I can't even find the SVGA driver.
> Is linux so hermetic?



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# File generated by xf86config.

#
# Copyright (c) 1995 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# 
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# 
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# 
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of 
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
# 
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
# 

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# For OSs that support Dynamically loaded modules, ModulePath can be
# used to set a search path for the modules.  This is currently supported
# for Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x and NetBSD 1.x.  The default path is shown
# here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this is an optional section which is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.  Dynamically loadable
# modules are currently supported only for Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x
# and NetBSD 1.x.  Currently, dynamically loadable modules are used
# only for some extended input (XInput) device drivers.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "Module"
#
# This loads the module for the Joystick driver
#
# Load "xf86Jstk.so"
# 
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is 
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    NoTrapSignals

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    DontZap

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    DontZoom

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#       DisableVidModeExtension

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client. 

#       AllowNonLocalXvidtune

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings. 

#       DisableModInDev

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#       AllowNonLocalModInDev

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Keyboard"

    Protocol    "Standard"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line

#    Protocol   "Xqueue"

    AutoRepeat  500 5
# Let the server do the NumLock processing.  This should only be required
# when using pre-R6 clients
#    ServerNumLock

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Xleds      1 2 3

# To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift, 
# RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:

    LeftAlt     Meta
    RightAlt    ModeShift
#    RightCtl    Compose
#    ScrollLock  ModeLock

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

    XkbDisable

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    XkbModel    "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    XkbModel    "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    XkbLayout   "de"
# or:
#    XkbLayout   "de"
#    XkbVariant  "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    XkbOptions  "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
#    XkbRules    "xfree86"
#    XkbModel    "pc101"
#    XkbLayout   "us"
#    XkbVariant  ""
#    XkbOptions  ""

    XkbKeymap   "xfree86(us)"


EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "Microsoft"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

#    Protocol   "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice

#    BaudRate   9600
#    SampleRate 150

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout    50

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    ChordMiddle

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Xinput section -- this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices.  This is for example only.  Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "Xinput" 
#    SubSection "WacomStylus"
#        Port "/dev/ttyS1"
#        DeviceName "Wacom"
#    EndSubSection
#    SubSection "WacomCursor"
#        Port "/dev/ttyS1"
#    EndSubSection
#    SubSection "WacomEraser"
#        Port "/dev/ttyS1"
#    EndSubSection
#
#    SubSection "Elographics"
#        Port "/dev/ttyS1"
#        DeviceName "Elo"
#        MinimumXPosition 300
#        MaximumXPosition 3500
#        MinimumYPosition 300
#        MaximumYPosition 3500
#        Screen 0
#        UntouchDelay 10
#        ReportDelay 10
#    EndSubSection
#
#    SubSection "Joystick"
#        Port "/dev/joy0"
#        DeviceName "Joystick"
#        TimeOut 10
#        MinimumXPosition 100
#        MaximumXPosition 1300
#        MinimumYPosition 100
#        MaximumYPosition 1100
#        # CenterX 700
#        # CenterY 600
#        Delta 20
#    EndSubSection
#
# The Mouse Subsection contains the same type of entries as the
# standard Pointer Section (see above), with the addition of the
# DeviceName entry.
#
#    SubSection "Mouse" 
#        Port "/dev/mouse2"
#        DeviceName "Second Mouse"
#        Protocol "Logitech"
#    EndSubSection
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "P717"
    VendorName  "Funai"
    ModelName   "P717"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    HorizSync   30-70

#    HorizSync  30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync  31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync  15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    VertRefresh 50-120

# Modes can be specified in two formats.  A compact one-line format, or
# a multi-line format.

# These two are equivalent

#    ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace

#    Mode "1024x768i"
#        DotClock       45
#        HTimings       1024 1048 1208 1264
#        VTimings       768 776 784 817
#        Flags          "Interlace"
#    EndMode

# found with xvditune

Modeline "1280x1024"   110.00   1280 1288 1472 1768   1024 1029 1032 1098

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Generic VGA"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"
    Chipset     "generic"

#    VideoRam   256

#    Clocks     25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Sample Device for accelerated server:

# Section "Device"
#    Identifier "Actix GE32+ 2MB"
#    VendorName "Actix"
#    BoardName  "GE32+"
#    Ramdac     "ATT20C490"
#    Dacspeed   110
#    Option     "dac_8_bit"
#    Clocks      25.0  28.0  40.0   0.0  50.0  77.0  36.0  45.0
#    Clocks     130.0 120.0  80.0  31.0 110.0  65.0  75.0  94.0
# EndSection

# Sample Device for Hercules mono card:

# Section "Device"
#    Identifier "Hercules mono"
# EndSection

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "SpeedstarA50"
    Chipset     "sis6326"
    VendorName  "Diamond"
    BoardName   "SpeedStar A50"
    VideoRam    8192

    Option "noaccel"
    Option "sw_cursor" 
    Option "no_bitblt"
    Option "fast_vram"
#    Option "no_linear"   out-commented because linear is required for 16 bpp


EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# The Colour SVGA server

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    # Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
    #Device      "Generic VGA"
    Device      "SpeedstarA50"
    Monitor     "P717"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
        # Use Virtual 320 200 for Generic VGA
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# The 16-color VGA server

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "vga16"
    Device      "Generic VGA"
    Monitor     "P717"
    Subsection "Display"
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     800 600
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# The Mono server

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "vga2"
    Device      "Generic VGA"
    Monitor     "P717"
    Subsection "Display"
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     800 600
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32, Mach64)

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "accel"
    Device      "SpeedstarA50"
    Monitor     "P717"
#    Subsection "Display"
#        Depth       8
#        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
#        ViewPort    0 0
#    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Speakers and headphones
Date: 30 Dec 1998 21:17:23 GMT

[Posted and mailed]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
        Philip Knouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a Boston Acoustic Digital Media Theater speaker system that
> consists of two satellites and one subwoofer.  I am unable to get any
> sound through these speakers at all in Linux.  Sound works just fine
> through headphones, but nothing comes through the speakers.  The
> speakers work fine in Windows.  I've had the same problem under kernel
> 2.0.36 and also in 2.1.132.  I have set the mixer channels to their max
> values, and still am unable to hear anything.  I have gotten a similar
> Boston Acoustic speaker system working perfectly on another Linux box
> with the same sound card (ES1371).  What could be wrong with my setup?
> Thanks for any info.

Are the speakers and headphones plugged into the same output jack on the
sound card?  If not, it could be a matter of mixer or sound driver
support for the different output jacks, and the easiest workaround would
be to use the same jacks for both the headphones and the speakers.  If the
headphones and speakers are being plugged into the same output jack
(alternately, by plugging and un-plugging them), then my first guess is
that you've got a sporadic connection that has, by coincidence, flaked out
when Linux has been running but not when Windows is running.  I really
don't see what else it could be.

-- 
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me

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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Getting soundcard work
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:19:04 GMT

go to www.opensound.com and dl a trial version of OSS    it can easily do what
you want it to do

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> What can I do with this setup ? : On my computer i have to sound cards - and
> old (but still one of the best) SB AWE32, and a new (but still lousy) 16bit
> Opti933 (no hardware wavetable). I'm using it succesfully under Win95 (the
> opti is PnP, the SB is ofcourse not). can I setup linux to use a similar
> configuration as in win95 ? (I'm using the opti to play MP3, and the SB for
> all the rest of the sound gigs)
>
> Oded
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gurensan)
Subject: Re: Will linux run on this system?
Date: 31 Dec 1998 01:00:52 GMT

Big fat yes. Be sure to roll in some SMP into yer new kernel, in case you
forget.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gurensan)
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2 Compatible  56K Voice/Data/Fax Modem
Date: 31 Dec 1998 01:05:44 GMT

It's the ISA. I'd put a pretty good bet the PCI one will work well, too. They
decided not to go with WinModem for the ISA version (I know, I had one... they
never went into production) so I'm sure they wouldn't even consider it for the
PCI. 

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From: " Douglas (DOC) Hutchins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Laptop
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:40:09 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I am shopping for a "high end" LapTop/Notebook.  Currently looking at
Dell, Gateway and Compaq.  Want:

 300Mhz Pentium II
 256M ram
 8Gig HD
 14.1" Active Matrix Display with 4M of video ram
 DVD
 normal compliment of PCMCIA and I/O ports...

Question: Is there a "best" choice for Linux HW compatibility?

Thanks

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Addonics/Trident chip sound problem
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:31:10 GMT

Keith,

See my response(s), below.

In article <5KNg2.6147$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Smethers) wrote:
> In article <75ouk8$sb7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >Jim,
> >
> >Sorry to hear of your Linux troubles. The chip comes up with SB compatibility
> >disabled [it won't listen at any SB I/O address (220/240, 388/38C), MIDI
> >(300/330) or joystick port (201-20F)].
> >
> >I could tell you how to enable it with a couple of PCI config space writes,
> >but the SB state machine in the chip isn't complete (it needs a TSR in DOS or
> >a VxD in Windoze to respond to all SB DSP commands). 4DWave also uses any one
> >of 3 different DMA decoding methods (TDMA, DDMA or PC/PCI), depending on the
> >core-logic chipset. We've also developed a couple of proprietary software
> >methods (hacks) to handle DMA on broken chipsets like the 440LX/EX.
> >
> >So, without some kind of shim (TSR or virtual device driver), the standard
> >Linux SB driver isn't going to be fully functional. We may be contracting out
> >for a 4DWave Linux driver in the near future; I'll let you know when and if
> >that happens.
> >
> >- Tom Warren
> >  Software Engineer/MTS
> >  Trident Microsystems, Inc.
> >  Arizona Product Group
> >  Chandler, AZ
> >  602 892-5240
> >  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
> I have a 4dwave card made by Jaton.  They havn't updated the drivers from
> the originals so I've been looking around.  I found 4.05.2025 off of some
> asian web page.  On the trident web page only 2013's available.  What is
> the latest driver version?

Version 2025 _is_ the latest - I'm surprised you found someone posting it
already - it hasn't been officially QA'd, yet. Could you send me the URL of
the Asian web site at the email address, above? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).

> Do you happen to know what 2025 fixes?(It didn't come with release notes).

Quite a lot since 2013, actually. We've redone the Blaster IRQ emulation in
DOS and DOS box, improved the DirectSound/DS3D/A3D support, and added EAX
support. We've beefed up support for ACPI in Win98 (suspend/standby) and
force-feedback joysticks. Lots more, too minor to repeat here.

> The rest of the questions I have, I can practically
> read off the side of the box/feature list:  What happend to the 8MB patch set?

We're working on a new set of GM sample files, with better quality. Probably
only 2MB and 4MB, though. 6/8MB of system RAM is too much to waste on MIDI.

> If not done already, when will DLS be implemented?

We're working on it - it'll probably coincide with MSoft's releasing
DirectMusic w/DX61. Early '99, I hope.

> Is 'AC97 3D Stereo Enhancement' implemented automatically?(The tab is in the
> audio properties but enable 3d enhancement check box & depth slider are still
> not selectable with it defaulted as unchecked).

It depends on the AC97 codec Jaton used on your board. Some early ones didn't
support 3D enhancements, so the driver greys the controls out. If you look at
the board, the small, 48-pin, 1/4"-square chip is the AC97 codec. Let me know
what the markings are and I can probably tell you whether it supports 3D or
not.

> Does the 4dwave drivers translate aureals a3d?(why I ask: a3d.dll).
Yep, we provide pretty good A3D and (soon) EAX support for Win9x games. The
A3D.DLL file is necessary for this. Try Jedi Knight, Outlaws, Heavy Gear,
Half-Life, Incoming, etc.

> With the 2025 drivers, the qsound tab in audio prop. has a 'default
> environment' pull down list with several to choose from:
> Any way to add environments?(I'm interested in a cockpit environment for all
> the wwii sims out).

Not currently, maybe in the next major release.

> The fm/gm/gs emulation is really terrible(just about sounds like everything is
> being played with the piano sample:P).  Did I just not install something
> properly?  If by design, is it being worked on so fm sounds like fm & gm/gs
> sounds like midi does in windows?

If you mean, in real-mode DOS, then, yes, it does sound pretty poor,
especially the FM. We recommend that DOS games use MIDI, and the 1.5MB sample
set (the larger sample sets aren't really better, in this case). The new
sample sets I spoke of above will improve some of this, but you should run
DOS games in a DOS box for the best MIDI reproduction.

> I'm not shocked by something being released too soon, ala savage3d, but I'm
> also hoping for a recovery like s3 did with their drivers.

This is our first audio product, with a very small staff of software
engineers. We hope to improve things incrementally - hopefully, our
webmaster(s) can get their act together and post the latest drivers on our
website.

> OK, let the answers rip:)
>
> Keith Smethers
>
- Tom Warren
  Trident APG
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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From: Ivan Dobrianov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Another Zip drive question
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 19:21:57 -0500

John Slimick wrote:
>...
> I made the following entry in /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/hdc4    /mnt/zip   ext2   noauto  0 0
> 
> I was able to format a cartridge with:
> 
> /sbin/mke2fs -m 0 /dev/hdc4
> 
> But when I tried to mount the zip drive I got
> the message
> 
>   mount point /mnt/zip does not exist
> 
> Obviously something simple.
> Can anyone set me straight?

Did you "mkdir /mnt/zip" before trying to mount?

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